CHAMPION v. BEALE

Nos. 91-SC-308-WC, 91-SC-327-WC and 91-SC-328-WC.

833 S.W.2d 799 (1992)

Helen Joyce CHAMPION, Appellant, v. Larry D. BEALE, Director, Special Fund; McCracken County Board of Education; Walter W. Turner, Administrative Law Judge; and Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees. Larry D. BEALE, Director of Special Fund, Appellant, v. Helen Joyce CHAMPION; McCracken County Board of Education; Walter W. Turner, Administrative Law Judge; and Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees. McCRACKEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Appellant, v. Helen Joyce CHAMPION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Publication Ordered June 19, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Lindsay, Louisville, for Champion.

Cathy Utley Costelle, Stephen C. Boyd, Labor Cabinet — Special Fund, Louisville, for Beale, Director of Special Fund.

Richard L. Walter, Paducah, for McCracken County Bd. of Educ.


OPINION OF THE COURT.

Claimant filed for workers' compensation benefits alleging an occupational disability due to bronchitis, asthma, and allergies which became symptomatic with irritants in the work place. The Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) dismissed the claim on the grounds that her condition could not be fairly traced to the employment as the proximate cause and therefore her disability did not arise out of, and in, the course of employment, pursuant to KRS 342...

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